Girlfriends or girl friends? Oprah and Gayle King get real about those romance rumors
LA TimesOprah Winfrey, left, and Gayle King say they would tell everyone if they were girlfriends instead of girl friends. In conversation with Melinda French Gates for her “Moments That Make Us” series, King bluntly put speculation to rest: “If we were gay we would tell you!” Winfrey, 70, and King, 69, met in the late ’70s as colleagues working at a Baltimore-area news station and have seemingly been inseparable since. That’s what’s so frustrating about it.” Similarly, Winfrey confirmed to late “20/20” journalist Barbara Walters in 2010, “I am not a lesbian.” “The reason why irritates me is because it means that somebody must think I’m lying,” Winfrey said at the time. Winfrey said that she didn’t think people are “accustomed to seeing women with this kind of truth bond” and that her friendship with King has stood the test of time because the CBS News journalist is always “happier for me for any kind of success or victory or challenge I get through, than I am for myself.” The duo also told Gates about how their friendship has positively affected their professional and personal lives.
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